# Williston Basin International Airport (XWA / KXWA)

**Williston Basin International Airport** (IATA: XWA, ICAO: KXWA) is a medium airport in Williston, North Dakota, United States. It opened in Aug 2019. It has 2 runways; the longest is 7,503 ft (2,287 m). In 2025 it handled 209 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kxwa

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: XWA / KXWA
- FAA: XWA
- Type: Medium airport
- Owner: Williston
- Serves: Williston, North Dakota, United States
- Opened: Aug 2019
- Elevation: 2,356 ft / 718 m
- Coordinates: 48.2609, -103.7512
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 7,503 ft / 2,287 m
- Instrument procedures: 6 approaches, 1 departure
- Passengers: 209,041 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://www.xwaproject.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williston_Basin_International_Airport (4 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27349419
- Weather station: KXWA
- Ident: KXWA

## Timeline

- Aug 2019: Williston Basin International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14/32 | 7,503 ft / 2,287 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Concrete | 148° / 328° | yes |
| 04/22 | 4,502 ft / 1,372 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Concrete | 052° / 232° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/11234AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2020 | 62,713 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 92,611 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 131,590 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 162,133 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 198,075 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 209,041 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

3 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [DEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kden.md) Denver International Airport · United States · 582 mi / 937 km · United Express

### Seasonal (1)

- [LAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klas.md) Harry Reid International Airport · United States · 1,022 mi / 1,644 km · Sun Country Airlines

### Cargo (1)

- [FAR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfar.md) Hector International Airport · United States · 336 mi / 541 km · Encore Air Cargo, FedEx Express

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from XWA, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- SY [Sun Country Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sun-country-airlines) · 1 · seasonal
- UA [United Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-express) · 1

### Cargo (2)

- Encore Air Cargo · 1
- FX [FedEx Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fedex-express) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 209K (2025) | #1,520 of 3,974 | #338 in North America | #225 in US |
| Longest runway | 7,503 ft / 2,287 m | =3,108 of 29,858 | =666 in North America | #494 in US |
| Elevation | 2,356 ft / 718 m | =7,413 of 43,403 | =3,456 in North America | =2,651 in US |
| Age | Opened 2019 | =13,814 of 15,079 | =11,044 in North America | =10,905 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [SDY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksdy.md) Sidney - Richland Regional Airport · 44 mi / 70 km
- [YEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyen.md) Estevan Airport · 75 mi / 120 km
- [OLF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kolf.md) L M Clayton Airport · 85 mi / 136 km
- [GDV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgdv.md) Dawson Community Airport · 92 mi / 148 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Williston Basin International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Williston_Basin_International_Airport&oldid=1373948613), revision of 8 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kxwa/data